Many of those live action movies were also much older and the ratings allowed for different things at the time.
It's also why newer cartoon shows have different restrictions, and only some words under specific context.
It probably has to do with the Animation Age Ghetto - obviously not all animated films are on the same level of family-friendly as Disney (for example, Sausage Party, which is intended as an adult parody of Pixar films, and Immigrants, which could easily be mistaken for a kids film due to a company known for making several Nicktoons making it), but it still looks like more animated works, be they film or TV show, are made for kids than adults, thus the "animation is for kids and kids only" mentality. Live action works, on the other hand, seem not to have much of an age ghetto of any kind going on, so...
edited 26th Mar '18 8:57:50 AM by SparkPlugTheTroper
I'm talking about live action G/PG movies that are marketed for kids. In most of those movies, they're allowed to say crap, damn, ass, or hell, several times, yet animated movies with the same rating try to avoid using that kind of language. With some exceptions like Hunchback of Notre Dame or Shrek. You could argue that they use these words in a different context. Like Hunchback doesn't say "what the hell" or "damn it" but they say "hell" as a place and "damnation," and Shrek says ass a few times in the context that Donkey is a... well you know. But most live-action movies with the same rating don't even bother trying to hide that language, and just uses them however they want.
It's probably nitpicking, but I want someone to answer... damn it.